Biology:Oxycera analis
| Oxycera analis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Stratiomyidae |
| Subfamily: | Stratiomyinae |
| Tribe: | Oxycerini |
| Genus: | Oxycera |
| Species: | O. analis
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| Binomial name | |
| Oxycera analis Wiedemann in Meigen, 1822
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Oxycera analis, the dark-winged soldier, is a species of soldier fly.[1][2][3]
Distribution
This rather rare species can be found in most of Europe and in the Near East.[4]
Habitat
These soldier flies usually inhabit woodland springs, calcareous seepages, small streams and sometimes fens and marshes.[5][6]
Description
Oxycera analis can reach a length of 5.5–7 millimetres (0.22–0.28 in) and a wingspan of 5.9–6.6 millimetres (0.23–0.26 in).[7] In males of these medium-small soldier flies the body is almost entirely black, but the scutellar tubercles can be yellowish. In any case in the females the apex of tergite 5 of the scutellum is yellowish. Moreover the scutellum has two spines. Also the abdomen is black with a single apical spot, rarely with yellow side-markings. Antennal apical consists of the two last flagellomeres. Wings show a distinct dark cloud in the otherwise clear wings.[7][8]
Biology
Adults of Oxycera analis can be found in Summer, with a peak in June and July. Larvae live in the sediments and mosses associated with wetlands.[5][9]
References
- ↑ Stubbs, Alan E; Drake, Martin (2014). British Soldierflies and their allies (an illustrated guide to their identification and ecology) (2 ed.). Reading: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 528 pp, 20 plates. ISBN 9781899935079.
- ↑ Woodley, N.E. (2001). "A World Catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Diptera)". Myia 11: 1–462. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303225468. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
- ↑ Zeegers, T.; Schulten, A. (2022). Families of Flies with Three Pulvilli: Field Guide Northwest Europe. Graveland: Jeugdbondsuitgeverij. pp. 256pp. ISBN 9789051070682.
- ↑ Fauna europaea
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Oxycera analis (Dark-winged Soldier) in Flickr
- ↑ Managing springs and seepages in woodlands
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Menno Reemer English text for Reemer’s field key to soldierflies of the Netherlands
- ↑ Menno Reemer Veldtabel wapen- en bastvliegen van Nederland (Diptera: Stratiomyidae & Xylomyidae)
- ↑ R. Rozkosný A Biosystematic Study of the European Stratiomyidae (Diptera): Volume 2
Wikidata ☰ Q7115875 entry
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